Patriot DDR400 2-2-2/DDR533 3-4-4: Performance AND Value
by Wesley Fink on April 8, 2005 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
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Performance Comparisons
Performance of the Patriot PC3200+XBLK was compared to all of the memory recently tested on the DFI nF4 AMD Athlon 64 platform. Performances of the nForce4 and nForce3 chipsets were found to be virtually identical in past reviews. We also found AGP and PCIe performance to be virtually the same in the benchmarks that we use for memory testing. Therefore, you can also compare results to other TCCD results in a recent memory review. The differences will be that the nVidia 71.84 driver is a bit faster than the 61.77 used in earlier memory review. In memory overclocking, the DFI nForce4 platform also enables a bit better memory speeds than the MSI K8N Neo2 used in past memory testing.While we did not test on an Intel platform, the performance results can also be generally compared to previous DDR benchmark results on the Intel 875 memory test bed. More results are available in recent DDR memory reviews at:
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sphinx - Friday, April 8, 2005 - link
Great article. But, how well does it perform against Kingston.overclockingoodness - Friday, April 8, 2005 - link
#10: While I understand how that may be useful in certain articles, I think it would only delay the time of the article. I bet it already takes AnandTech quite a bit of time to produce each article and when they start to add this "Dual-Core" section, I don't think it will really work out.Besides, it would start to get pretty annoying after a while. They might as well do a short piece on memory and how it effects dual-core. A seperate article may be cool, but I don't think I would want a dual-core section in memory reviews or anything else.
mariush - Friday, April 8, 2005 - link
Something is wrong here ( page 4 )While maintaining a constant CPU Speed of 2.4GHz, we measured the impact of increasing the Memory Speed from 200 to 300, a 50% increase. Memory Write performance increased about 29% with this 50% speed increase, while Memory Write performance improved by just 17%.
Determinant - Friday, April 8, 2005 - link
Hey guys (AnandTech staff),Just want to say that I've recently been really impressed with the quality and thought that goes into your articles.
I have a suggestion; Now that dual cores are upon us, I think that it would be a really good idea to have a new section in each article. The new section would show how the current product being tested allows for more functionality.
I'll explain: For example, a lot of people have been complaining about the dual core benchmarks saying that it isn't how they use their computer but that's because they have adapted to a single core environment. Alot of people (me included) turn off antivirus & spyware checkers etc when playing a game not because they want to but because it affects their gaming experience.
So, for example, in memmory reviews, I don't know if memmory affects the functionality on a dual core system (eg. does this faster memmory also allow me to listen to mp3's while gaming)
Me personally, I will purchase a dual core cpu not because it improves the performance of my current application but only because it allows me to have increased funcionality, less hassle, and a more enjoyable experience (I won't have to worry about stopping my antivirus when going into a game). Of course, more speed is always welcome.
If interested, I can provide examples of functionality that I would be interested in (eg. things that I would like to be able to accomplish with my computer).
Cheers.
mongoosesRawesome - Friday, April 8, 2005 - link
Considering how depending memory performance is on the actual speed of the CPU for Athlon64 systems, it would seem to me that people should be buying relatively cheap PC3200 Cas 2 ram and running with a divider. You can easily reach 90 percent of the performance without having to use 1:1 divider, as long as your divider and multiplier allow you to reach the same CPU speeds.Currently at newegg.com PC3200 CAS 2-3-2-5 T1 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?desc...
Also - "As you can see in the photo, there are just 8 small components in a row just above the gold connectors. Other boards for TCCD memory have many more components in this row. " Maybe its just me, but I can't see what you are trying to point out in the small picture. Maybe if you linked to the full size pic?
Wesley Fink - Friday, April 8, 2005 - link
#1 - Supposedly the memory controller runs at the same voltage as the CPU, since it is part of the CPU on the Athlon 64. The memory itself is what runs at 3.3V with VX, and it warranted to 3.5V by OCZ. The fate of the memory controller would therfore be dependent on the voltage used for the CPU. We rarely use more than 1.55V with a CPU with a default of 1.5V.#4 - The testing is complete for a Value RAM roundup which will appear next week.
#6 - Corrected.
#7 - We have not tested the TwinMOS with the same chips used in OCZ VX, but we have included OCZ Value VX in our upcoming Value RAM Rounup. It costs about $115 for a Gigabyte (2x512) and is made from Winbond UTT chips that have not been binned - like the TwinMOS. You will see how it performs in our Value RAM Roundup.
n yusef - Friday, April 8, 2005 - link
Great article. You guys need to do an article on the new TwinMOS value RAM with the (is Bh-5 or UTT, I forget) Winbond chips though.JustAnAverageGuy - Friday, April 8, 2005 - link
Page 3:The website is http://www.lavalys.com/ not http://www.lavasys.com/
Shinei - Friday, April 8, 2005 - link
Man, DDR630 at reasonable timings... Looks like another nail in DDR2's coffin. I wonder if the RAM could be coerced to tighten up its timings if one was to feed it 3.0 or 3.1 volts instead of 2.9v...JustAnAverageGuy - Friday, April 8, 2005 - link
Still waiting for a comparison against value memory :P